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Honduras gang violence uproots thousands a month - UN
2016-06-03 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Gang violence is forcing thousands of Hondurans to leave their homes every month to seek safety in other neighbourhoods and provinces of the Central American nation, a problem that is invisible but growing, says the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR). Honduras is one of the world's deadliest nations. It is estimated there are around 23,000 gang members involved in turf wars and almost daily shoot-outs with police. The Honduran capital Tegucigalpa and the country's industrial city of San Pedro Sula...
Great Barrier Reef Not Included UN World Heritage
2016-05-31 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: We all have heard about the massive coral bleaching that wiped off 93 percent of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. So why is Australia's heritage site not included on United Nations' list of world heritage sites threatened by climate change? Apparently, the Australian government does not want their name of the list because it might negatively impact their tourism industry. In an exclusive report, The Guardian Australia revealed how the report was altered. According to The Guardian, the initial...
Easter Island statues could fall into sea due to climate change, U.N. says
2016-05-29 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Higher waves caused by a warming planet are chipping away at platforms that have supported some of the famous statues on Easter Island for more than 500 years, according to a United Nations report on cultural heritage sites and climate change. "Some Easter Island statues are at risk of being lost to the sea because of coastal erosion," said Adam Markham, deputy director of the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists and lead author of the report, which examined the potential...
Chaotic urbanization puts cities in harm's way: UN
2016-05-27 15:07:53| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The risk of man-made and natural disasters hitting fast-growing cities is rising, and national governments must do more to help municipal authorities protect residents through better planning, the head of the U.N. agency for human settlements said. UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos said urbanization was accelerating, particularly in developing countries, while the capacity to keep it manageable was diminishing. The proportion of the global population living in urban areas has risen from...
Statue of Liberty and Venice under climate change threat, UN report
2016-05-26 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change now poses the single biggest threat to the worlds most famous heritage sites including the Galápagos islands, the Statue of Liberty, Easter Island and Venice according to a UN sponsored report. The researchers looked at 31 natural and cultural world heritage sites in 29 countries that are vulnerable to increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas, more intense weather, worsening droughts and longer wildfire seasons. They believe this number is the tip of the iceberg....
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